Trademarks Act

Marginal note:Exception when authorized

• 11.16 (1) Sections 11.14 and 11.15 and paragraphs 12(1)(g) to (h.1) do not prevent the adoption, use or registration as a trade-mark or otherwise, in connection with a business, of a protected geographical indication, or any translation of it in any language, with the consent of the responsible authority.

• Marginal note:Exception for personal names

  (2) Sections 11.14 and 11.15 do not prevent a person from using, in the course of trade, the person’s name or the name of the person’s predecessor in title, except where the name is used in such a manner as to mislead the public.

• Marginal note:Exception for comparative advertising

  (3) Sections 11.14 and 11.15 do not prevent a person from using a protected geographical indication, or any translation of it in any language, in comparative advertising.

• Marginal note:Exception not applicable to labels or packaging

  (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to comparative advertising on labels or packaging.